Tuesday, August 8, 2017

Chart of the Day: Bonds are unusually risky these days...

This morning, Bloomberg featured one of the indicators that we closely monitor; colloquially known as the Modified Duration Index. We call it our "Interest Rate Sensitivity Index".As you can see in the graph (and commentary) below, it's registering quite the high, which suggests that if, as we suspect, things do ultimately get rough for bond investors, it can get really rough:click to enlarge